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Confusion over Iran's religious police as women drop hijab

Confusion over the status of Iran’s religious police is growing as state media cast doubt on reports the force had been shut down

The Independent UK

High noon in Iran as three-day strike begins and protesters and cops ready for confrontation

Iran regime appears to give way somewhat on issue of enforcement of mandatory hijab

The Independent UK

Iran: mass strike starts amid mixed messages about abolishing morality police

Shopkeepers and lorry drivers from almost 40 cities are participating in mass walkouts

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‘We continue our revolution’: Iran protesters dismiss claims that morality police were ‘disbanded’

Iranian anti-regime protests that erupted in September after the death of Mahsa Amini in the custody of the “morality police” have continued despite widely reported remarks by an official suggesting that the controversial security unit has been disbanded. Our Observers in Iran say that the current unrest goes far beyond…

France 24

Iran protesters hold strikes even as state warns of executions

Businesses in some parts of Iran went on strike on Monday as part of anti-government protests, even as the Islamic Republic vowed to implement harsh sentences on people demonstrating, including the death penalty.

Tribune News Service

Iranian government vows to execute activists amid new wave of protests

The death of Mahsa Amini in September continues to trigger widespread protests across the country

Evening Standard

Cops Return Cash Seized From Afroman in Bogus Drug Raid…With $400 Missing

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Israeli intelligence chiefs see Tehran surviving protests, for now

Iran's clerical rulers are likely to survive protests sweeping the country and could stay in power for years, the chief analyst for Israeli military intelligence said on Monday, prompting his commander to predict the enemy regime would eventually fall.

Reuters

Doyle McManus: Iran protests have shoved the nuclear issue off center stage. It will be back

After more than a decade of U.S. policy focused on preventing Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons, arms negotiations have been shoved off center stage.

Los Angeles Times

Iranian City Shops Shut after Strike Call, Judiciary Blames ‘Rioters’

Iranian shops shut their doors in several cities on Monday, following calls for a three-day nationwide strike from protesters seeking the fall of clerical rulers, while the head of the judiciary blamed what he called "rioters" for threatening shopkeepers. Iran has been rocked by nationwide unrest following the death of…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iranian city shops shut after strike call, judiciary blames 'rioters'

Reuters

Iraq Tightens Border Security with Iran

Days after his visit to Iran, Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammad Shia al-Sudani ordered the military to tighten security along the zero point along the borders with Iran and Türkiye.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iran: Almost Three Months of Anti-hijab Protests

The death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini following her arrest and alleged assault by Iran's notorious morality police almost three months ago sparked the biggest protests in the Iranian republic in years. Women and girls have led the charge against compulsory headscarves. A general in Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps has said…

Asharq Al-Awsat

A Government Official Says Iran Has Abolished Its Morality Police But Protesters Don’t Buy It

The announcement has come after months of protests but it's all looking very suss.

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The Guardian - AU

Ukraine says it has shot down 60 of over 70 missiles launched after explosions at two Russian airbases – as it happened

No reports of missile impacts in Kyiv but two killed in Zaporizhzhia and Odesa hit hard after Russian strike follows blasts at Russian airfields

Reuters

Timeline: U.S.-Saudi ties through good times and bad

The U.S.-Saudi alliance has weathered many storms over the decades, but the relationship remains vital to both: Saudi Arabia is the world's biggest oil exporter and the United States' largest foreign military sales customer.

The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 285 of the invasion

Explosions at Russian airbases raise possibility Kyiv can target Moscow’s long-range bombers; German chancellor cautions against creating new cold war

Daily Mirror

Iran executes four people and jails three others accused of spying for Israel

Iranian authorities have executed four people accused of spying for Israel, while three others have been jailed for five to 10 years, according to state-run IRNA news agency

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The Loop: Linda Reynolds says Brittany Higgins intends to sue her, teen killed in St Kilda stabbing, and Taylor Swift fans are suing Ticketmaster — as it happened

The news Australia is searching for, and all the news that happened while you snoozed: This is The Loop, your quick catch-up for this morning's stories as they happen.

The Independent UK

Iran morality police status unclear after 'closure' comment

An Iranian lawmaker has said that Iran’s government was “paying attention to the people’s real demands” a day after a top official suggested that the country’s unpopular morality police has been shut down following months of protests

The Independent UK

Iranian state media rejects claim regime is abolishing morality police in face of ongoing protests

Iran’s ‘guidance patrol’ has been far less active since mass demonstrations began in mid-September

Asharq Al-Awsat

Protest-Hit Iran Abolishes Morality Police

Iran has scrapped its morality police after more than two months of protests triggered by the death of Mahsa Amini following her arrest for allegedly violating the country's strict female dress code, an official said Sunday. Women-led protests, labelled "riots" by the authorities, have swept Iran since the 22-year-old Iranian…

Tribune News Service

Iran suspends morality police that sparked massive protests

The operations of Iran’s “morality police” have effectively been suspended, a top official said, after months of widespread anti-government protests over the death of a young woman in its custody.

Salon

Iran disbanding morality police

Many women in Iran view the disbanding as a tactic to calm uprisings and are wary of what's to come

Evening Standard

Iran’s morality police disbanded after death of Mahsa Amini sparks revolution

Iran’s morality police have been reportedly shut down months after Mahsa Amini was killed in their custody having been detained for not wearing a headscarf.

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